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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Watercolor of a narrow stone-stepped street leading to a dark arched passage, with a tree and blue sky above.

A View in Subiaco

Pio Joris, 1873

Watercolor of the Piazza San Marco in Venice with a brick bell tower, arcaded buildings, strolling figures and pigeons.

The Piazza San Marco

Rudolf von Alt, 1874

Watercolor study of arching fountaingrass clumps in a meadow corner with trees and shrubs behind.

A Corner of a Meadow with Fountaingrass

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1870

Sepia ink drawing of the Acropolis in Athens with the Parthenon on the hilltop above ruined arches and trees.

View of the Acropolis

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of ruined Doric columns and stone walls of an ancient Greek temple with two small figures in the foreground.

Propylaeum

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of Roman theater arches with cattle, a herder and trees in the foreground.

Theater of Herodes Atticus

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of a ruined ancient monument with seated figures and reliefs on a rocky hill, with a man standing at rig

Monument of Philopappos

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of a columned neoclassical university building with a horse carriage and palm trees in the foreground.

University

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of the Nike Temple on the Acropolis with an inset of two men in traditional Greek dress.

Nike Temple

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of the octagonal Tower of Winds with relief friezes, a palm tree and iron railing, by Eckenbrecher, 1890

Tower of Winds

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of Parthenon ruins with fallen marble blocks, a standing figure, and distant hills under clouds.

Parthenon, Inside

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia-toned drawing of a tree-lined avenue with a fountain, stone urns, strolling figures and classical buildings.

View from the Old Royal Palace of the Hermesstreet

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of ruined ancient columns and fallen stones in front of a gateway, with hills and clouds behind.

The Propylaeum from the East

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens with the Acropolis and Parthenon on the hill behind, framed by cypress tr

Temple of Hyphaestus

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of a columned neoclassical academy building with two statues on tall columns and strollers in front.

Academy

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Red chalk drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ at center, two thieves on crosses, and a crowd of mourners below.

The Crucifixion

Andrea Vicentino, c. 1575

Pen and wash drawing of a small circular columned monument on a stone platform, with buildings and a hill behind it.

Monument of Lysicrates

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Red chalk sketch on tan paper of a standing figure in draped clothing with twisted torso and raised arm.

A Young Woman Looking in a Mirror

Nicolas Lancret, 1742/1743

Ink and wash drawing of the Erechtheion's caryatid porch on the Acropolis, with a standing man at right among ruins.

Erechtheion

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Pencil sketch of a bay with islands and pine trees in the foreground, seen from a hill in Maine, 1850.

Castine from Wasson's Hill, Brooksville, Maine

Fitz Henry Lane, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of Hadrian's Arch in Athens with ruined columns and the Acropolis rising behind it.

Hadrian's Arch

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of a harbor town with ships in a bay, mountains behind, and goats on rocks in the foreground.

The Harbor of Piraeus

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1891

Pencil drawing of Somes Sound with wooded hills, evergreen trees in the foreground, and a small sailboat on calm water.

Entrance of Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine

Fitz Henry Lane, 1855

Watercolor of a tall waterfall down a cliff, two figures on a rock ledge, and a leaning pine in the foreground.

Cascade dessus Wasserberg (Waterfall above Wasserberg)

Caspar Wolf, c. 1774

Watercolor of a ruined arched hall framing a watermill by a stream, with a seated figure reading near the water.

Architectural Fantasy of Antique Ruins with a Watermill

Caspar Wolf, 1760s

Grey-blue wash drawing of two classically dressed lovers embracing in an interior with draped curtains.

Embracing Lovers in Classical Dress / A Woman in Classical Dress Looking Up

after Raphael Heinrich Friedrich Füger, 1785/1790

Pencil study of a reclining nude male corpse with handwritten measurements and smaller sketches of the body on tan paper.

The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ)

Félix Vallotton, 1893

Pencil sketch of crumbling Roman brick walls with three arched openings, overgrown foliage, and scattered rubble in the foreg

Roman Walls

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pencil drawing of a walled garden entrance with classical gateway, figures and tall trees behind a low wall.

Entrance to a Walled Garden

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1744

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woodland copse with tall trees, exposed roots and rocks in grass, signed and dated 1863.

A Copse of Trees

Karl Theodor Reiffenstein, 1863